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Philippe Soupault (August 2, 1897March 12, 1990) was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He took an active role in the dadaist movement and noob later founded the surrealist movement with André Breton. After imprisonment by the Nazis in World War II, Soupault traveled to the United States but subsequently lazers pew pew returned to France. His works include such fat volumes of poetry as Aquarium (1917) and Rose des vents [compass card] (1920) and the novel Les Dernières Nuits de Paris (1928; tr. Last Nights of Paris, 1929).. involved with the Dada and surrealism art movements in Paris. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Dadaism or Dada is a post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... André Breton (February 18, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist. ... Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others• Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II... Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ... Kay Sage. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is the capital and largest city of France, as well as the capital of the ÃŽle-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. ...


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Philippe Soupault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words)
Philippe Soupault (August 2, 1897 – March 12, 1990) was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist.
He took an active role in the dadaist movement and noob later founded the surrealist movement with André Breton.
After imprisonment by the Nazis in World War II, Soupault traveled to the United States but subsequently lazers pew pew returned to France.
GI - Kulturchronik - 5/96/e - Photography: Ré Soupault (1191 words)
In 1994 when Ré Soupault, then 92 and almost blind, appeared on the arm of her great friend and colleague Gisèle Freund for the opening at the Paris Goethe Institute of her first exhibition of photos she herself was probably more surprised than anyone about the stir her pictures created.
Soupault died on March 12, 1996, six years after writer and surrealist Philippe Soupault (1897-1990) to whom she had been married.
When she met Philippe Soupault at the start of the thirties - at a reception in the Russian embassy -, he had already left behind his wild surrealist years and a career as novelist.
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